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Flash Flood Warning 85, NWS El Paso, TX
NWS El Paso, TX issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT for Otero County, New Mexico. It was in force for 83 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2021, 5:48 PM MDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2021, 7:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS El Paso, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 229 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 945 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
329
WGUS54 KEPZ 012348
FFWEPZ
NMC035-020200-
/O.NEW.KEPZ.FF.W.0085.210901T2348Z-210902T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
548 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021
The National Weather Service in El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Soldier Canyon burn scar in...
Northern Otero County in south central New Mexico...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 548 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain over the Soldier Canyon Burn Scar. Between 0.5 and 1
inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar may result in
debris flow moving along and just north of US-70 and Eagle Drive.
The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other
loose materials.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around
the Soldier Canyon Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Soldier Canyon
Burn Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mescalero, Apache Summit and Soldier Canyon.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Tularosa Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
In hilly terrain there are numerous of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
&&
LAT...LON 3312 10581 3318 10582 3318 10579 3323 10574
3322 10567 3312 10575
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
CD1 follow-up statement
037
WGUS74 KEPZ 020111
FFSEPZ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service El Paso Tx/Santa Teresa NM
711 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021
NMC035-020121-
/O.CAN.KEPZ.FF.W.0085.000000T0000Z-210902T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero NM-
711 PM MDT Wed Sep 1 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE SOLDIER CANYON BURN SCAR IS CANCELLED
FOR NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 PM MDT Thursday for
a portion of south central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3312 10581 3318 10582 3318 10579 3323 10574
3322 10567 3312 10575
$$
CDThe office that day
Everything else NWS El Paso, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 7:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Luna | 119 min |
| Aug 31, 8:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 3 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | EPZ | Doña Ana | 110 min |
| Sep 1, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | EPZ | Otero | 35 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.